Example Sentences

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Greedy widows and bullying uncles are distracting you from the bigger picture, the ability to plan a life that you have always wanted.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

These kinds of assumptions are distracting and can hinder the possibility for a friendship to form.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

The secondary schools, which are part of the GLF Schools trust, are to trial an app that blocks social media, messaging and other apps which they believe are "distracting" during school hours.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025

Advocates say the disinformation and focus on the shooter’s gender are distracting from needed discussions about how to prevent mass shootings.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2023

The chickens are distracting me from the fact that we all might die today.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron